Our Back Pages: Notes From the Book Review Archives
In which we consult the Book Review’s past to shed light on the books of the present. This week: corporate tyranny in Richard Powers’s “Gain.”
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Fiction: ‘The Silence of the Lambs’ Goes Nordic Noir
In Lars Kepler’s latest thriller, “The Sandman,” two Swedish cops can only crack their case by befriending an imprisoned serial killer.
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Ivory Tower: Should Anthropologists Judge the People They Study?
Three new books tackle the ethical dilemmas of ethnographers who immerse themselves in other cultures.
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Fiction: The House May Be Haunted. But in This Novel, Commitment Is Scarier.
In Ben Dolnick’s “The Ghost Notebooks,” a young husband and wife find secrets lurking beneath the cozy charm of their new country home.
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Children’s Books: When the Going Gets Tough, These Kids Find Their Way
In books by Varian Johnson, Vera Brosgol and others, kids aren’t spared life’s hardships. But they solve mysteries, handle smelly camp latrines and more.
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Fiction: The Turbulent Life of the Small-Town Librarian
In Sue Halpern’s novel “Summer Hours at the Robbers Library,” a woman with a past takes a quiet job in a quiet town.
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Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
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Crime: Solving Crimes the Old-Fashioned Way
Three brainy investigators (Lincoln Rhyme, Amos Walker and Bernie Gunther) and an apprentice sleuth (Daniel Pitt) track down some canny killers.
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By the Book: James B. Comey: By the Book
When James B. Comey, the former F.B.I. director and author of “A Higher Loyalty,” reads fiction, it’s “almost always something my kids are reading, so I can … pretend to be cool.”
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Nonfiction: James Comey Has a Story to Tell. It’s Very Persuasive.
In “A Higher Loyalty,” the former F.B.I. director doesn’t mince words in describing his interactions with President Trump: “This president is unethical, and untethered to truth.”
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